Abstract
Devolution in the United Kingdom is deeply connected to United Kingdom membership of the European Union, which provides an external support system for the internal settlement. Exit from the European Union destabilizes the internal settlement and raises a series of major constitutional issues.
Highlights
Issue This commentary is part of a multidisciplinary issue of Politics and Governance, edited by Andrej J
Devolution in the United Kingdom is deeply connected to United Kingdom membership of the European Union, which provides an external support system for the internal settlement
Wales and Northern Ireland have their own executive and legislative institutions, while England continues to be governed directly from the centre. This pattern has allowed devolution to be developed without a fundamental reform of the United Kingdom (UK) constitution itself, leaving major questions such as the locus of sovereignty and the entrenchment of the new institutions in abeyance
Summary
Issue This commentary is part of a multidisciplinary issue of Politics and Governance, edited by Andrej J. Abstract Devolution in the United Kingdom is deeply connected to United Kingdom membership of the European Union, which provides an external support system for the internal settlement. Wales and Northern Ireland have their own executive and legislative institutions, while England continues to be governed directly from the centre.
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